Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

01/17/2025

🥂Happy Hour at the Chan Centre 🥂

We're now offering $2 off beer/cider, $3 off wine, and discounts on snacks when you arrive early! All events will have happy hour from when the lobby opens until 30 minutes before showtime.⁠

Catch the next happy hour tomorrow at Missy D and Tonye Aganaba!

01/15/2025

Counterpoint is less than one month away!

Don't miss this unique offering where Bach and Gershwin are reimagined with tap dancing prodigy Caleb Teicher.

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🎹🕺Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao: Counterpoint
📍Chan Shun Concert Hall ⁠
🗓️ February 12 at 7PM⁠
🎟️ https://chancentre.com/events/caleb-teicher-and-conrad-tao-counterpoint/

01/14/2025

Gordon Smith's painting "Silent Woods" captures the essence of the winter forest, blending landscape and architecture—amplifying a sense of interior infinity.

01/13/2025

Experience the story of Canada’s most decorated WWI veteran, brought to life by Francis’ great-grandson Brian McInnes, acclaimed musicians, and powerful performances by Jodi Contin Baker and Sage Cloud. Music by Juno-nominated Timothy Corlis and words by Armand Ruffo.

🎤Sounding Thunder: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow
📍Chan Shun Concert Hall⁠
🗓️ February 9 at 3:30PM⁠
🎟️ https://chancentre.com/events/sounding-thunder-the-song-of-francis-pegahmagabow/

01/10/2025

ONLY 8 MORE DAYS UNTIL MISSY D AND TONYE AGANABA PERFORM AT THE CHAN CENTRE!

UBC alumna Missy D makes her return to the Chan Centre with Tonye Aganaba. Tickets are only $15.

🎸Missy D and Tonye Aganaba⁠
📍Chan Shun Concert Hall ⁠
🗓️ January 18 at 8PM⁠
🎟️ https://chancentre.com/events/missy-d-and-tonye-aganaba/

01/09/2025

Tickets are now available for The Phil Lind Initiative: Adam Kinzinger.

A six-term Republican congressman, Rep. Adam Kinzinger made headlines as one of only two GOP members to serve on the Select Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. ⁠
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A CNN commentator and bestselling author, he joins the Phil Lind Initiative with a talk titled “American Identity and the Republican Party.” ⁠

Presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Chan Centre.

🗣️The Phil Lind Initiative: Adam Kinzinger
📍Chan Shun Concert Hall
🗓️ February 13 at 6:30PM⁠
🎟️ Tickets are FREE. https://chancentre.com/events/the-phil-lind-initiative-adam-kinzinger/

01/08/2025

“You have to learn how to take up space. My voice is as important as the person next to you; my story is as important as the person next to you.”

Learn more about how Missy D is always striving to find her voice, whether that's in English or French.

Missy D performs at the Chan Centre on Saturday, January 18! Get your tickets at chancentre.com

Music is medicine, communication, a toolkit, and sometimes the mat one lays on at a picnic, says local rapper and femcee Missy D. A French English bilingual artist, Missy will bring her eclectic ta…

01/06/2025

Happy first day of term 2! We're excited about the upcoming shows and student rehearsals in 2025.

01/01/2025

Check out our upcoming events in January!

Learn more: https://chancentre.com/events/2025/01/

12/31/2024

On behalf of the Chan Centre team, thank you for an unforgettable 2024. We are so grateful to play such an important role in the community as a place where memories are made, inspiration is found, and excellence is celebrated.

We can't wait to see what the new year brings. Wishing you all the very best for a fantastic 2025!

12/30/2024

✨️ December at the Chan ✨️

Thank you to everyone who tagged us!

12/26/2024

Chan Centre director Pat Carrabré has released a new album, Histoires Des Métis: The Freedom Songs.⁠
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A powerful album that tells the stories of the Métis people, their struggles, and their triumphs, Histoires des Métis was recorded in the Chan Centre and performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
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Learn more and listen to the album in the link in bio.

Learn more and listen to the album: https://classic107.com/articles/t-pat-carrabradding-to-the-mtisstory-with-new-album

12/25/2024

Happy holidays from the Chan Centre!

12/24/2024

Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season.⁠
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A reminder that we are now closed until January 1 and will re-open on January 2. You can still purchase your tickets online but any questions or queries will be answered when we re-open.⁠
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See you in 2025!

12/20/2024

The Chan Centre box office will be closed to in-person and phone sales from December 23 to January 1.

Tickets can still be purchased online. All inquiries will be returned from January 2.

12/20/2024

Watch Elisapie perform "Una" from her performance at the Chan Centre on September 28:

Elisapie's "Una" performed live on September 28, 2024Co-presented with the Vancouver International Film FestivalChan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBCOccup...

12/19/2024

Tickets are now available for The Phil Lind Initiative: Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.

Join filmmaker Smriti Keshari and writer Eric Schlosser in conversation, the artists behind the immersive art installation, the bomb. Combining archival footage, animation, and a powerful electronic score this multimedia experience running at the AVHA gallery from Jan 8-30 examines humanity’s dangerous entanglement with nuclear weapons.

Presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory and the Chan Centre.

🗣️The Phil Lind Initiative: Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.
📍Royal Bank Cinema
🗓️ January 12 at 6:30PM⁠
🎟️ Tickets are FREE: https://chancentre.com/events/the-phil-lind-initiative-smriti-keshari-eric-schlosser/

12/18/2024

Kuro is pawsitively ready for the holidays! 🐕🎅